Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Oxfam
is an international confederation of 17 affiliates networked together in more
than 90 countries committed to ridding the world of poverty and injustice. To
achieve this, we support local projects in developing countries, we lobby
governments and companies to take into account the interests of the poorest
people and we campaign to involve citizens in our work. We implement our
programs by working with local NGO partners and civil society organizations and
engaging with private sector and governments. Oxfam employs over 6,000 people
worldwide in more than 90 countries. In Uganda, our program is anchored on
three broad themes deliberately focused on Women’s Rights: Resilient
Livelihoods, Governance and Accountability and Humanitarian Preparedness and
Response.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Strategic management
and thought leadership: 30%
- Under the leadership of the CD, leads
programme strategy development - Provide overall strategic and technical
leadership in the design, development, planning budgeting, and
implementation and monitoring of the OCS - The jobholder will initiate, coordinate and
lead Oxfam’s ONE Program in Uganda ensuring it delivers on the OCS vision
and objectives and championing the new ways of working embodied in the OCS - Deputise for the Country Director as required
- Actively participate in the annual budget
process, leading on the program budget process, and provide ongoing
oversight of program budgets
2. Lead program
development and delivery: 40%
- Ensures the delivery of a country program
with demonstrable impact and is accountable for overall program quality
and learning - Working with the PQ & L Coordinator,
develop, implement and embed, a knowledge management system, that will
ensure the sharing of knowledge across the program, other country
programs, and the broader confederation - Manages the development of program and
project improvement plans, to ensure effective and timely implementation
of the projects and program - Builds strong synergy between development and
humanitarian programming ensuring that resilient thinking, humanitarian
planning and as necessary response meet Oxfam standards. - Ensures that Women’s rights are protected and
promoted in all of Oxfam’s work in Uganda - Works closely with the program funding
manager, indentify opportunities for funding to ensure the financial
sustainability of country programme of Oxfam in Uganda - Directs and coordinates external program
engagement - Oversee the partner portfolio, with specific
reference to the identification of both implementing and strategic
partners, and building and maintaining these relationships
3. People Development and
Management: 30%
- Manage the program team to deliver on the
OCS, providing leadership, Inspiration and guidance and ensuring that the
management of the team is in line with Oxfam’s HR policies and procedures. - The HoP with support from HR, will manage the
life cycle of individuals within the team from pre-recruitment to exit,
including performance management processes, and working with HR on issues
such as disciplinary matters. - The jobholder is a key member of the CMT,
support the Country Director steer organisational learning for effective
delivery taking into account Oxfam’s new ways of working.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- The applicant should hold a Bachelor’s degree
with at least five to seven five years of related experience - Broad working knowledge and experience of
development programs, humanitarian response and advocacy and campaigning. - Working knowledge of capacity building,
learning and development activities and how to create a learning and
sharing environment with a strong knowledge management basis - Politically astute, with a good understanding
of key external organisations, how they operate and make decisions, and
the country development context - Commitment to and knowledge of creating a
partner-led operational environment, with an ability to create an internal
Oxfam approach that is focussed on developing and supporting partner
organisations to achieve direct impact and results relating to Oxfam’s
objectives - Knowledge of, and experience in working with
donors - Excellent track record on strong people
management skills - Influencing experience and ability to develop
organisational networks and associations - Experience managing humanitarian and
development programs - Good managerial skills to co-ordinate the
Uganda program team to deliver on the OCS objectives. - Proven ability to coach on the building of
strong, credible relationships with international and local NGOs,
government associations, business leaders and communities - Excellent inter personal communication
skills, in written and verbal English, with high impact influencing and
persuasive skills. Able to use different approaches to achieve
followership. - Ability to adjust to constantly changing
situations while maintaining focus on delivery and follow-through - Proven ability to cultivate knowledge based
relations with different stakeholders going beyond grant based relations
(strategic partnerships) - Excellent analytical and conceptual thinking
skills; able to understand complex issues and translate them into simple,
workable actions and plans - Ability to think strategically, work
creatively, effectively and in an innovative manner - Show commitment to Oxfam’s overall aims and
policies and experience of promoting women’s rights and those of
marginalised people in all aspects of Oxfam’s work in Uganda.
Behavioural Competencies:
- Humility: We put ‘we’ before ‘me’ and place an
emphasis on the power of the collective, nurture the team and play to the
strengths of each individual. We are not concerned with hierarchical
power, and we engage with, trust and value the knowledge and expertise of
others across all levels of the organization. - Decisiveness: We are comfortable to make
transparent decisions and to adapt decision making modes to the context
and needs. - Agility, Complexity, and Ambiguity: We
scan the environment, anticipate changes, are comfortable with lack of
clarity and deal with a large number of elements interacting in diverse
and unpredictable ways. - Systems Thinking: We view problems as parts of an
overall system and in their relation to the whole system, rather than
reacting to a specific part, outcome or event in isolation. We focus on
cyclical rather than linear cause and effect. By consistently practicing
systems thinking we are aware of and manage well unintended consequences
of organisational decisions and actions. - Strategic Thinking and Judgment: We
use judgment, weighing risk against the imperative to act. We make
decisions consistent with organizational strategies and values. - Vision Setting: We have the ability to identify and
lead visionary initiatives that are beneficial for our organization and we
set high-level direction through a visioning process that engages the
organization and diverse external stakeholders. - Relationship Building: We understand the importance of
building relationship, within and outside the organization. We have the
ability to engage with traditional and non-traditional stakeholders in
ways that lead to increased impact for the organisation. - Listening: We are good listeners who can see
where deeper levels of thoughts and tacit assumptions differ. Our messages
to others are clear, and consider different preferences. - Mutual Accountability: We can explain our decisions and how
we have taken them based on our organizational values. We are ready to be
held to account for what we do and how we behave, as we are also holding
others to account in a consistent manner. - Self-Awareness: We are able to develop a high degree
of self-awareness around our own strengths and weaknesses and our impact
on others. Our self-awareness enables us to moderate and self-regulate our
behaviors to control and channel our impulses for good purposes. - Enabling: We all work to effectively empower
and enable others to deliver the organizations goals through creating
conditions of success. We passionately invest in others by developing
their careers, not only their skills for the job. We provide freedom;
demonstrate belief and trust provide appropriate support. We give more
freedom and demonstrate belief and trust, underpinned with appropriate
support.
All
suitably qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to apply online at
the web link below.
Deadline: 22nd April 2016
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